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Jake Holland · 16th March 2008

I have a unit in my outboard rack (Fractal Audio Axe-fx Ultra) that has 1/4" stereo unbalanced TS line inputs on the back.

My console aux sends are TRS balanced.

I use a TRS patchbay so my console aux send outputs are patched to a bay and all my outboard effects are patched to another TRS bay and I make connections between the two bays to connect my gear to the board.

What gear, unit or cable modification do I need to perfom to hook this unit's inputs into the balanced TRS patchbay so I can connect the TRS balanced sends from the console to it's inputs?

Is there a cost effective way to do this without losing any sound quality?

Thanks so much for wisdom in this area.

16th March 2008	#1
Jake Holland Banned Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 329 Thread Starter	How to feed balanced outputs from console aux sends to unbalanced line level effects I have a unit in my outboard rack (Fractal Audio Axe-fx Ultra) that has 1/4" stereo unbalanced TS line inputs on the back. My console aux sends are TRS balanced. I use a TRS patchbay so my console aux send outputs are patched to a bay and all my outboard effects are patched to another TRS bay and I make connections between the two bays to connect my gear to the board. What gear, unit or cable modification do I need to perfom to hook this unit's inputs into the balanced TRS patchbay so I can connect the TRS balanced sends from the console to it's inputs? Is there a cost effective way to do this without losing any sound quality? Thanks so much for wisdom in this area.